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• • H—ELECTRICITY
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  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
  • H04W72/00—Local resource management
  • H04W72/20—Control channels or signalling for resource management
  • H04W72/23—Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
  • Y02D—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE
  • Y02D30/00—Reducing energy consumption in communication networks
  • Y02D30/50—Reducing energy consumption in communication networks in wire-line communication networks, e.g. low power modes or reduced link rate

Definitions

• This application is related to wireless communications.
• AMR adaptive multi-rate
• AMR coding is used to select the optimum channel (half or full rate) and codec mode (voice and channel bit rates) to deliver the best combination of voice quality and system capacity.
• AMR coding improves the quality and robustness of the network connection while sacrificing some voice clarity.
• the AMR codec has the capability of generating voice frames containing a variable number of bits according to a set of possible data rates. The selection of a higher data rate results in a higher voice quality at the expense of requiring more resources to transmit the data.
• FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an AMR voice system 100.
• the AMR system may include a transmit side 110 and a receive side 120.
• the transmit side 110 may comprise a 8-bit A law or ⁇ -law pulse code modulator, a low pass filter, an analog-to- digital converter, a voice activity detector, a voice encoder, a comfort noise generation system, and an error concealment mechanism to combat the effects of transmission errors and lost packets.
• the receive side 120 may comprise components for the inverse functions.
• the voice encoder takes its input as a 13 bit uniform Pulse Code Modulated (PCM) signal either from the audio part of the WTRU or on the network side, from the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) via an 8-bit A-law or ⁇ -law to 13-bit uniform PCM conversion.
• PCM Pulse Code Modulated
• PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network
• the encoded voice at the output of the voice encoder is packetized and delivered to a discontinuous transmission control and operation block (i.e. network interface).
• a discontinuous transmission control and operation block i.e. network interface
• the inverse operations take place.
• the multi-rate voice encoder is a single integrated voice codec with eight source rates from 4.75 Kbit/s to 12.2 Kbit/s, and a low rate background noise encoding mode.
• the voice coder is capable of switching its bit-rate every 20 ms voice frame upon command.
• An AMR voice codec capable WTRU supports the following source codec bit-rates listed in Table 1. [0011] Table 1: Source codec bit-rates for the AMR codec.
• the AMR data rate on the UL may be controlled using transport format combination (TFC) control messages transmitted by a radio network controller (RNC).
• TFC transport format combination
• RNC radio network controller
• the network may alleviate UL congestion by reducing the data rate of a WTRU utilizing CS voice transmission.
• 3GPP Release 6 introduced high-speed uplink packet access
• HSUPA HSUPA
• the E-DCH is a transport uplink channel that is used to improve capacity, data throughput, and reduce the delays for the dedicated channels in the UL.
• TTI transmission time interval
• one transport block of data may be transmitted.
• the size of the transport block may very for each TTI.
• the MAC layer may multiplex data from multiple logical channels or MAC-d flows to a single E-DCH.
• the network may configure which MAC-d flows may be multiplexed together and the highest priority MAC-d flow being transmitted dictates the quality of service (QoS) parameterization of a transmission.
• QoS quality of service
• a MAC-d flow may be defined as a flow of MAC-d PDUs which belong to logical channels that share some QoS characteristics.
• HS-DSCH Shared Channel
• E-DCH has been introduced in Releases 7 and 8. This feature has several benefits, such as minimizing the use of DCH transport channel in a cell and faster call setup.
• the E-DCH uses different scheduling mechanisms and a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ).
• the scheduling is typically based on scheduling grants sent by a Node-B scheduler to control the WTRU's uplink transmissions.
• the WTRU may transmit scheduling information to request additional resources.
• Scheduling grants may include absolute grants and relative grants. Absolute grants set an absolute value of an upper limit of the power a terminal may use for a transmission.
• Relative grants meanwhile update the resource allocation by indicating a value such as "up”, “down”, or “hold”.
• a clear mapping between transport formats and supportable data rates does not exist.
• the resource allocation tasks of the E-DCH are shared between the RNC and the Node-B. Additionally, a WTRU may need to reduce its UL data rate due to transmission power limitations at a cell edge. [0018] Accordingly, there exists a need to control the AMR data rate when
• CS voice service is transmitted over the E-DCH.
• the UL voice coverage may be extended.
• An apparatus and method of transmitting a circuit switched (CS) voice application via an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH), implemented in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) are disclosed.
• the method includes receiving a grant; performing an E-TFC selection procedure based on the grant, wherein a number of bits that may be transmitted over an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) is determined, determining an adaptive multi-rate (AMR) codec bit-rate based on the number of bits that may be transmitted over the E-DCH, generating AMR voice packets based on the determined AMR codec bit rate, and submitting the AMR voice packets to lower layers for transmission over the E- DCH.
• E-DCH enhanced dedicated channel
• AMR adaptive multi-rate
• FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an AMR voice system 100
• Figure 2 shows a wireless communication system
• FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and the base station of the wireless communication system shown in Figure 2;
• WTRU wireless transmit/receive unit
• Figure 4 is a flow diagram of a direct mapping implemented in a non- scheduled MAC-d flow
• Figure 5 shows a flow diagram of an autonomous selection of an
• Figure 6 is a flow diagram of a direct mapping implemented in a scheduled MAC-d flow.
• wireless transmit/receive unit includes but is not limited to a user equipment
• UE a mobile station
• base station includes but is not limited to a Node-B, a site controller, an access point (AP), or any other type of interfacing device capable of operating in a wireless environment.
• Figure 2 shows a wireless communication system 200 including a plurality of WTRUs 210, a Node-B 220, a controlling radio network controller
• CRNC serving radio network controller
• SRNC serving radio network controller
• the WTRUs 210 are in communication with the Node-B 220, which is in communication with the CRNC 230 and the SRNC
• SRNC 240 are shown in Figure 2, it should be noted that any combination of wireless and wired devices may be included in the wireless communication system 200.
• Figure 3 is a functional block diagram 300 of a WTRU 210 and the
• the WTRU 210 is in communication with the Node-B 220 and both are configured to perform a method for controlling the data rate of a CS voice application in an evolved wireless system.
• the WTRU 210 includes a processor 215, a receiver 216, a transmitter 217, and an antenna 218.
• the processor 215 is configured to perform a method for controlling the data rate of a CS voice application.
• the receiver 216 and the transmitter 217 are in communication with the processor 215.
• the antenna 218 is in communication with both the receiver 216 and the transmitter 217 to facilitate the transmission and reception of wireless data.
• the Node-B 220 includes a processor 225, a receiver 226, a transmitter 227, and an antenna 228.
• the processor 225 is configured to perform a method for controlling the data rate of a CS voice application.
• the receiver 226 and the transmitter 227 are in communication with the processor 225.
• the antenna 228 is in communication with both the receiver 226 and the transmitter 227 to facilitate the transmission and reception of wireless data.
• a MAC-d flow containing the CS voice data is a non-scheduled MAC-d flow.
• the SRNC 240 may be configured to signal a guaranteed physical layer data rate for a specific MAC-d flow or a specific service.
• the non-scheduled MAC-d flow may effectively disable a Node-B 220 scheduler control for this particular service.
• the SRNC 240 may be configured to determine a maximum number of bits from the MAC-d flow that may be transmitted in an E-DCH transport block.
• the serving Node-B 220 may be configured to restrict the non-scheduled MAC-d flow to be transmitted on specific HARQ processes and to inform the SRNC 240 of the restriction.
• either direct mapping or indirect mapping may be implemented.
• FIG. 4 is a flow diagram 400 of a direct mapping implemented in a non-scheduled MAC-d flow.
• the SRNC 240 may be configured to control the data rate of a CS voice application when there is a direct mapping between the number of bits for a transmission and an AMR codec bit-rate.
• a mapping identifying an AMR codec bit-rate for UL transmissions based on a number of bits allowed during UL transmissions may be signaled to the WTRU (410).
• the WTRU 210 may be preconfigured with the mapping.
• a non-scheduled flow of 204+x bits may be mapped to a single AMR frame of 204 bits, or a non-scheduled flow of 408+x bits may be mapped to two AMR frames of 204 bits.
• the WTRU 210 may receive a configuration (or reconfiguration) message (420) from the SRNC 240.
• the configuration message may comprise information identifying a maximum number of bits allowed for non-scheduled UL transmissions.
• the WTRU 210 may then select the proper AMR codec bit-rate (430).
• the selected AMR codec bit-rate may be used to generate frames that map to the new maximum number of bits (440).
• the WTRU 210 then transmits the generated frames via the E-DCH (450).
• This direct mapping method allows for a method of controlling the AMR codec bit-rate of the WTRU 210 from the SRNC 240.
• the WTRU 210 may be configured to autonomously determine the
• the WTRU 210 may receive the configuration message indicating the maximum number of bits for a non- scheduled UL transmission.
• the WTRU 210 may be configured to determine an AMR frame type, (when multiplied by the number of frames per transmission), that has the largest total number of bits (including required PDCP/RLC/MAC overhead) smaller than or equal to the maximum number of bits of the non-scheduled transmissions.
• the Node-B 220 may signal to the WTRU 210 the number of AMR frames that should be mapped to the non- scheduled transmission in order to avoid any ambiguity.
• the direct mapping method may also allow for adaptation of the
• AMR codec bit-rate in case the WTRU 210 data rate is limited by the WTRU's 210 transmission power.
• the number of bits available for transmission for the non-scheduled MAC-d flow is less than the maximum number of bits signaled by the SRNC 240 because the transmission power of the WTRU 210 is insufficient to transmit this maximum number of bits. This may occur as a WTRU 210 moves to a cell edge. In this case, the WTRU 210 becomes more power limited. Accordingly, in order to maintain a voice connection the WTRU 210 may adjust the codec bit-rate of the AMR codec to maintain transmission of voice data at a lower data rate, even though available power may be reduced.
• Figure 5 shows a flow diagram 500 of an autonomous selection of an
• AMR codec-bit rate when the WTRU 210 data rate is limited by the WTRU's 210 transmission power.
• the WTRU 210 receives a signal indicating the maximum number of bits that may be used for UL transmissions (510).
• the WTRU 210 then must determine the maximum number of bits that may be transmitted given the available power headroom. This is normally done as part of an enhanced-transport format combination (E-TFC) selection procedure (520). If this number of bits is larger or equal than the maximum number of bits signaled by the network (525), the WTRU 210 selects the available number of bits based on the received signal indicating the maximum number of bits signaled by the network (530).
• E-TFC enhanced-transport format combination
• WTRU 210 selects the available number of bits based on the E-TFC procedure (540). After determining the number of available bits, the WTRU 210 modifies (if needed) the AMR codec bit-rate so that the AMR codec generates frames that map to a maximum number of bits, accounting for Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP), Radio Link Control (RLC), and MAC- e/es header, that is smaller than the available number of bits given the restriction (550). The WTRU 210 may then transmit data in the uplink based on the modified AMR codec bit-rate (560). The WTRU 210 may be configured to reduce the AMR codec bit-rate in advance of E-TFC selection if the WTRU 210 is aware that it will soon be in a power-limited situation in order to prevent loss of AMR frames.
• PDCP Packet Data Convergence Protocol
• RLC Radio Link Control
• MAC- e/es header that is smaller than the available number of bits given the restriction (
• the WTRU 210 may be configured to reduce the AMR codec bit-rate may only if the power-limited situation persists for a predetermined time period.
• indirect mapping may be implemented for the non- scheduled flow.
• the SRNC 240 may be configured to signal a guaranteed physical layer data rate for a specific MAC-d flow or a specific service.
• no direct mapping between the AMR codec mode and the maximum number of bits of the non-scheduled transmissions is defined.
• the WTRU 210 may be configured to autonomously select an AMR codec mode that results in a predefined performance level based on at least one measured metrics.
• the metrics used by the WTRU 210 may include one or more of the following: the number of buffered AMR frames (in RLC and/or MAC buffers); the amount of bits in buffered AMR frames; the transmission delay of AMR frames, including either the buffering delay only or the total delay (the sum of the buffering delay and HARQ transmission delay); the number of HARQ transmissions; the HARQ block error rate (BLER); the HARQ failure rate; the number or percentage of AMR frames being discarded due to excessive buffering delay (if such discard function is configured); the WTRU transmission power; the WTRU power headroom; the available number of bits to the non-scheduled flow given the transmission power obtained from E-TFC selection procedure; the throughput of the voice transmission; maximum number of bits of the non- scheduled flow; number of available HARQ processes; maximum transmission power; target HARQ BLER (signaled by the network through new RRC signaling); or any function or combination of the above metrics.
• the WTRU 110 may be configured to estimate a maximum throughput.
• the WTRU may determine the throughput by estimating the product between the maximum number of bits, the fraction of HARQ processes available to the non-scheduled flow, and the HARQ BLER, divided by the TTI duration (2 ms).
• the WTRU 210 may be configured to use the metrics to select an AMR codec bit-rate.
• the WTRU 210 may select a codec bit-rate that is inferior or equal to the estimated throughput, minus a margin. In the case that the available number of bits from E-TFC selection is inferior to the maximum number of bits, that number may be used instead.
• the WTRU 210 may also use MAC segmentation (if configured) to segment voice frames.
• the MAC may restrict segmentation of CS traffic over high speed packet access (HSPA).
• HSPA high speed packet access
• the transmission of larger CS MAC-e or MAC-es protocol data units may be blocked if the selected transport block (TB) size is smaller than the CS RLC PDU.
• the MAC may not be able to transmit the PDU until the TB size increases.
• subsequent CS transmissions are smaller because the AMR codec bit- rate has been reduced, this may block the transmission of the subsequent packets that may be transmitted with the given selected TB size. Therefore, the MAC entity may discard the PDU if after N TTIs it is still not able to transmit it, where N is an integer number that may be configured by higher layers or predefined in the MAC.
• a MAC-d flow containing the CS voice data is a scheduled MAC-d flow.
• the Node-B 220 is configured to control a maximum power ratio (e.g. via a serving grant) that the WTRU 210 may use for the MAC-d flow and other MAC-d flows, which allows the Node-B 220 to impose a limit on the data rate.
• FIG. 6 is a flow diagram 600 of a direct mapping implemented in a scheduled MAC-d flow.
• a mapping identifying an AMR codec bit-rate for UL transmissions based on a number of bits allowed during UL transmissions may be signaled to the WTRU (610). Alternatively the WTRU may be preconfigured with the mapping.
• the WTRU 210 may receive a scheduling grant from a Node- B (620). The grant may indicate a maximum allowable transmission power or an adjustment in the maximum allowable transmission power.
• the number of bits available for the scheduled transmissions may be determined using an E-TFC selection procedure (630). The number of bits available to the MAC-d flow containing the CS voice bits at transmission time may vary according to the outcome of the E-TFC selection procedure.
• the transmission may be limited by the WTRU's 210 maximum transmission power or by the presence of data from other MAC-d flows or logical channels that must be transmitted.
• the WTRU 210 may then select an AMR codec bit-rate based on the number of bits available and the mapping (640).
• the selected AMR codec bit-rate may be used to generate frames that map to the maximum number of bits (650).
• the WTRU 210 then transmits the generated frames via the E-DCH.
• This direct mapping method may allow the Node-B 220 to dynamically control the AMR codec bit-rate of the WTRU 210.
• a direct mapping may be defined between the number of bits available for the scheduled transmissions and the AMR rate. Further, if desired, there may be signaling defined between the SRNC 240 and the Node-B 220 to allow the SRNC 240 to control the WTRU 210 data rate.
• the WTRU 210 may be configured to modify the AMR codec bit-rate to generate frames that map a number of bits (from the mapping) that is smaller than the available number of bits. Further, the WTRU 210 may be configured to reduce the AMR codec bit-rate in advance of the E-TFC selection procedure if it is determined that the available number of bits will soon be reduced in order to prevent the loss of AMR frames.
• an indirect mapping may be implemented for the scheduled flow.
• the Node-B 220 may be configured to signal a grant.
• the WTRU 210 may use an E-TFC selection procedure to determine a number of bits available for uplink transmissions. However, no direct mapping between the AMR codec mode and the maximum number of bits of the scheduled transmissions is defined. The WTRU 210 may then autonomously select an AMR codec mode that results in a predefined performance level based on at least one measured metric.
• the metrics used by the WTRU 210 may include one or more of the following: the number of buffered AMR frames; the amount of bits in buffered AMR frames; the transmission delay of AMR frames, including either the buffering delay only or the total delay; the number of HARQ transmissions; the HARQ BLER; the HARQ failure rate; the number or percentage of AMR frames being discarded due to excessive buffering delay; the WTRU transmission power; the WTRU power headroom; the available number of bits to the non-scheduled flow given the transmission power obtained from E-TFC selection procedure; the throughput of the voice transmission; maximum number of bits of the non- scheduled flow; number of available HARQ processes; maximum transmission power; and target HARQ BLER ; or any function or combination of the above metrics.
• the WTRU 210 may be configured to estimate a maximum throughput. For example, the WTRU 210 may determine the throughput by estimating the product between a maximum number of bits determined after an E-TFC selection procedure, the fraction of HARQ processes available to the scheduled flow, and the HARQ BLER, divided by the TTI duration (2 ms).
• the WTRU 210 may be configured to use the metrics to select an AMR codec mode.
• the WTRU 210 may select a AMR codec mode that is inferior or equal to the estimated throughput, minus a margin. In the case that the available number of bits from E-TFC selection is inferior to the maximum number of bits, that number may be used instead.
• the WTRU 210 may also use MAC segmentation (if configured) to segment voice frames. Alternatively, the MAC may restrict segmentation of CS traffic over high speed packet access (HSPA). [0057] The WTRU 210 may perform the selection of an AMR codec mode according to the above every TTI, or every time the scheduled or non-scheduled grant is modified, or every time the available number of bits from E-TFC restriction changes, or every time a RLC or MAC SDU containing a voice packet has to be segmented (either at RLC or MAC layer.
• HSPA high speed packet access
• the transmission of larger CS MAC-e or MAC-es PDUs may be blocked if the selected TB size is smaller than the CS RLC PDU.
• the MAC may not be able to transmit the PDU until the TB size increases.
• subsequent CS transmissions are smaller because the AMR codec bit-rate has been reduced, this may block the transmission of the subsequent packets that may be transmitted with the given selected TB size. Therefore, the MAC entity may discard the PDU if after N TTIs it is still not able to transmit it, where N is an integer number that may be configured by higher layers or predefined in the MAC.
• ROM read only memory
• RAM random access memory
• register cache memory
• semiconductor memory devices magnetic media such as internal hard disks and removable disks, magneto-optical media, and optical media such as CD-ROM disks, and digital versatile disks (DVDs).
• Suitable processors include, by way of example, a general purpose processor, a special purpose processor, a conventional processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in association with a DSP core, a controller, a microcontroller, Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) circuits, any other type of integrated circuit (IC), and/or a state machine.
• a processor in association with software may be used to implement a radio frequency transceiver for use in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU), user equipment (UE), terminal, base station, radio network controller (RNC), or any host computer.
• WTRU wireless transmit receive unit
• UE user equipment
• RNC radio network controller
• the WTRU may be used in conjunction with modules, implemented in hardware and/or software, such as a camera, a video camera module, a videophone, a speakerphone, a vibration device, a speaker, a microphone, a television transceiver, a hands free headset, a keyboard, a Bluetooth® module, a frequency modulated (FM) radio unit, a liquid crystal display (LCD) display unit, an organic light- emitting diode (OLED) display unit, a digital music player, a media player, a video game player module, an Internet browser, and/or any wireless local area network (WLAN) or Ultra Wide Band (UWB) module.
• modules implemented in hardware and/or software, such as a camera, a video camera module, a videophone, a speakerphone, a vibration device, a speaker, a microphone, a television transceiver, a hands free headset, a keyboard, a Bluetooth® module, a frequency modulated (FM) radio unit, a liquid crystal display (LCD) display
• a method of controlling a data rate of a circuit switched (CS) call comprising: determining a maximum number of bits from the CS call that may be transmitted in an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) transport block; selecting an adaptive multi-rate (AMR) codec based on the determination for use in uplink transmissions.
• E-DCH enhanced dedicated channel
• AMR adaptive multi-rate
• a method according to any of the preceding embodiments further comprising: mapping a number of non-scheduled bits to a single AMR frame. 7. A method according to any of the preceding embodiments, further comprising: selecting an AMR frame type that has a total number of bits that is smaller than or equal to a maximum number of non-scheduled bits.
• a method further comprising: calculating at a WTRU an available number of bits for transmission based on an enhanced transport format combination (E-TFC) selection procedure; and modifying an AMR codec mode based on the available number of bits.
• E-TFC enhanced transport format combination
• a method of controlling a data rate of a circuit switched (CS) call comprising: determining an AMR codec mode that results in acceptable performance; and selecting an adaptive multi-rate (AMR) codec based on the determination.
• AMR adaptive multi-rate
• the measured metric is selected from the group consisting of: a number of buffered AMR frames (in RLC and/or MAC buffers) or the amount of bits in buffered AMR frames; a transmission delay of AMR frames; a number of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmissions; a HARQ block error rate (BLER); a HARQ failure rate; a number of AMR frames discarded due to a buffering delay above a predetermined threshold; a WTRU transmission power; a WTRU power headroom; an available number of non- scheduled bits and the WTRU transmission power; and a throughput of the CS call.
• HARQ hybrid automatic repeat request
• BLER HARQ block error rate
• the measured metric is based on a function of the group consisting of: a number of buffered AMR frames (in RLC and/or MAC buffers) or the amount of bits in buffered AMR frames; a transmission delay of AMR frames; a number of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmissions; a HARQ block error rate (BLER); a HARQ failure rate; a number of AMR frames discarded due to a buffering delay above a predetermined threshold; a WTRU transmission power; a WTRU power headroom; an available number of non- scheduled bits and the WTRU transmission power; and a throughput of the CS call.
• a number of buffered AMR frames in RLC and/or MAC buffers
• the amount of bits in buffered AMR frames a transmission delay of AMR frames
• HARQ hybrid automatic repeat request
• BLER HARQ block error rate
• a HARQ failure rate a number of AMR frames discarded due to a buffering delay above a
• the measured metric is based on a combination of the group consisting of: a number of buffered AMR frames (in RLC and/or MAC buffers) or the amount of bits in buffered AMR frames; a transmission delay of AMR frames; a number of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmissions; a HARQ block error rate (BLER); a HARQ failure rate; a number of AMR frames discarded due to a buffering delay above a predetermined threshold; a WTRU transmission power; a WTRU power headroom; an available number of non- scheduled bits and the WTRU transmission power; and a throughput of the CS call.
• HARQ hybrid automatic repeat request
• BLER HARQ block error rate
• the sustainable AMR data rate estimation is based on one of: a maximum number of non-scheduled bits; a number of available HARQ processes; a maximum transmission power; and a target HARQ BLER.
• a method according to any of the preceding embodiments further comprising: segmenting a plurality of frames comprising the voice call at a medium access control (MAC) layer.
• MAC medium access control
• a method according to any of the preceding embodiments further comprising: prohibiting segmentation of a plurality of frames comprising the voice call at a medium access control (MAC) layer.
• MAC medium access control
• PDU when a transport block size is smaller than a CS radio link control (RLC) packet data unit.
• RLC radio link control
• a method according to any of the preceding embodiments further comprising performing an enhanced-transport format combination (E-TFC) selection procedure based on the grant, wherein a number of bits that are transmitted over the E-DCH is determined.
• E-TFC enhanced-transport format combination
• a method further comprising determining an adaptive multi-rate (AMR) codec bit-rate based on the number of bits that are transmitted over the E-DCH.
• AMR adaptive multi-rate
• a method according to any of the preceding embodiments further comprising generating AMR voice packets based on the determined AMR codec bit-rate.
• a method according to any of the preceding embodiments further comprising submitting the AMR voice packets to lower layers for transmission over the E-DCH. 42. A method according to any of the preceding embodiments, wherein the grant is a scheduled grant.
• mapping signal maps a number of bits that may be transmitted over an E-DCH transport block to an AMR codec mode.
• a method further comprising: estimating a maximum throughput based on a plurality of metrics; and selecting an AMR codec bit-rate based on the estimated maximum throughput.
• a wireless transmit/receive unit configured to implement a method according to any of embodiments 1-45.
• a radio network controller configured to implement a method according to any of embodiments 1-45.
• a serving radio network controller configured to implement a method according to any of embodiments 1-45.
• a Node-B configured to implement a method according to any of embodiments 1-45.
• ASIC application specific integrated circuit
• a wireless communication system configured to implement a method according to any of embodiments 1-45.

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